four! Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Will there be a PowerPC version? I dont want my PowerMac's to be useless. I've heard yes and no Anyone with a definite answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfactivist Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Will there be a PowerPC version? I dont want my PowerMac's to be useless. I've heard yes and no Anyone with a definite answer? Definitely yes. Unless Apple wants to suicide. The answer is on Apple's Leopard minisite, in the "64bit" section, "Leopard delivers 64-bit power to both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs, so you don’t have to install separate applications for different machines." Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four! Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 well all I will have to do is wait till October then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.manatane Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 There WON'T be a PowerPC version. There will be an UNIVERSAL version (it's not the same). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seclusion Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Latest Leopard seed works on my G4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 There WON'T be a PowerPC version. There will be an UNIVERSAL version (it's not the same). Same difference. In xCode, you have the choice of compiling your app for both PPC and Intel or just Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLux Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Same difference. In xCode, you have the choice of compiling your app for both PPC and Intel or just Intel. Or just PPC :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Or just PPC True, but if Apple had one choice for third party developers to choose to compile for they would recommend Intel over PPC since that is the future of the Mac platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four! Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Universal Version meaning "In Theory" putting the Leopard disc in my PowerMac and it booting then putting the same disc it into a MacBook and it boots also. This makes sense. I put a JaS.10.4.8 disc in my Powermac as a test just now and it began to boot but the little spinner underneath the apple logo froze and the Powermac locked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Universal Version meaning "In Theory" putting the Leopard disc in my PowerMac and it booting then putting the same disc it into a MacBook and it boots also. This makes sense. I put a JaS.10.4.8 disc in my Powermac as a test just now and it began to boot but the little spinner underneath the apple logo froze and the Powermac locked up. Tried that also on a iMac G3 with the JaS 10.4.8 and it would not eject. The Intel version of Mac OS X is just that, an Intel compiled version of Mac OS X. Remember, Apple was maintaining to separate platforms throughout the life of Mac OS X. With Leopard the aim is to provide a Fat Binary for the four separate Apple PC architectures (PPC G4 (32-Bit), PPC G5 (64-Bit), Intel Core Duo (32-bit) and Intel x86-x64 (64-Bit), when you insert the Leopard DVD, the installer chooses the appropriate instruction code at install time. This will then distribute the appropriate binaries for the platform it is being installed on. The disadvantage, larger file size. I have to say this is a massive software development on Apples part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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